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Smoker? No Job for You!

Hiring managers are typically not allowed to discriminate on the basis or race or gender. But what about smoking? A growing number of hospitals and other companies have adopted controversial policies allowing them to turn down smokers as job applicants.

Does Your Work Wife Get a Valentine?

When Valentine's Day rolls around, some co-workers want to celebrate their deep—yet platonic—bond with their office spouse.

• Video: Valentine for Your Work Spouse
• The Juggle: Do You Have a 'Work Spouse'?

Laid Off and Launching

Several states allow aspiring entrepreneurs to collect unemployment benefits—while they're building their business.

• The Benefits of a Class Act

Life as a Working Mom of Four

How one WSJ editor manages working full time with raising four close-in-age daughters.

Five Signs You're a Bad Boss

Many managers are clueless about how they appear to employees. Here are five signals you may be one of them.

Higher Pay Gains Are Seen for 2011

U.S. workers have reason to hope for slightly better pay raises this year, a shift that could add momentum to the economic recovery.

• Vote: Have you gotten a raise in the past year?

B-Schools Struggle to Get Global

Business schools like to tout their focus on globalization, but a new report from a b-school accrediting agency says most of their strategies don't go far enough.

Job Tax Plan Lands With a Thud

Republicans on Capitol Hill responded with hostility to a White House proposal to allow states to raise unemployment insurance taxes. But in some cash-strapped states, officials said the plan should be considered.

• Vote: Should employers pay more?
• Graphic: The Unemployed | Map: States in Red

Labor Shortage Persists in Some Fields

Companies are starting to hire again, but finding highly qualified applicants for more technical positions is proving a challenge for some firms.

Layoffs Down but Hiring Slow

Flexibility vs. Stimulating Work?

Facebook Firing Case Is Settled

German CEO's Remark Backfires

Vineyard Ownership Perils